¹[Ny namalian'i Davida ny Amalekita noho ny nandravany an'i Ziklaga] Ary nony tonga teo Ziklaga Davida sy ny olony tamin'ny andro fahatelo, dia, indro, ny Amalekita efa nanafika ny tany atsimo sy Ziklaga ka namely an'i Ziklaga sy nandoro azy tamin'ny afo;

¹It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

²ary efa namabo ny vehivavy sy izay rehetra tao izy, na lehibe na kely, nefa tsy nisy novonoiny na dia iray aza; fa nentiny ho babo ireo, ka lasa nandeha izy.

²and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

³Ary Davida sy ny olony tonga tao amin'ny tanàna, ary, indro, efa levon'ny afo ny tanàna; ary ny vadiny mbamin'ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy efa lasan-ko babo.

³When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

⁴Ary Davida sy ny mpanaraka azy dia nanandratra ny feony nitomany ambara-paha-tsy nahatomany intsony izy.

⁴Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁵Ary voababo koa izy roa vavy vadin'i Davida, dia Ahinoama Jezirelita sy Abigaila, ilay novinadin'i Nabala Karmelita.

⁵David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁶Ary ory indrindra Davida, fa ny olona nifampitaona hitora-bato azy, satria samy nalahelo ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy ny olona rehetra; fa Davida kosa nampahery ny tenany tamin'i Jehovah Andriamaniny.

⁶David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

⁷Ary hoy Davida tamin'i Abiatara mpisorona, zanak'i Ahimeleka: Masìna ianao, ento etỳ amiko ny efoda. Dia nentin'i Abiatara teo amin'i Davida ny efoda.

⁷David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me here the ephod.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

⁸Ary Davida nanontany tamin'i Jehovah hoe: Henjehiko va izany jirika izany? Ho tratro va izy? Dia namaly azy Jehovah hoe: Enjeho izy, fa ho tratranao tokoa ary ho rarakao.

⁸David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all.”

⁹Dia lasa Davida sy ny enin-jato lahy izay nanaraka azy ka tonga teo amin'ny renirano Besora, ary teo no nijanonan'ny sasany.

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

¹⁰Ary Davida sy ny efa-jato lahy no nanenjika; fa ny roan-jato lahy kosa, izay reraka ka tsy afaka nita ny renirano Besora, dia nijanona tany aoriana.

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

¹¹Ary nahita lehilahy Egyptiana tany an-tsaha ny olona, ka nentiny tany amin'i Davida; ary nomeny hanina ralehilahy, ka nihinana izy, ary nampisotroiny rano koa izy.

¹¹They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.

¹²Ary nomeny ampempan'aviavy iray didy sy voaloboka maina roa sampaho izy; ary rehefa nihinana izy, dia nody indray ny ainy; fa hateloan'andro sy hateloan'alina izy tsy nihinan-kanina na nisotro rano.

¹²They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

¹³Ary hoy Davida taminy: An'iza moa ianao, ary avy taiza? Ary hoy izy: Zatovo Egyptiana, mpanompon'ny Amalekita anankiray, aho; ary narian'ny tompoko aho, fa narary afaka omaly.

¹³David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

¹⁴Izahay efa nanafika ny tany atsimo izay an'ny Keretita sy ny an'i Joda ary ny tany atsimo izay an'i Kaleba ary nandoro an'i Ziklaga tamin'ny afo.

¹⁴We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

¹⁵Ary hoy Davida taminy: Hitondra ahy midina ho amin'izany jirika izany va ianao? Ary hoy izy: Mianiàna amiko amin'Andriamanitra fa tsy hamono ahy ianao na hanolotra ahy ho eo an-tànan'ny tompoko, dia hitondra anao midina ho amin'izany jirika izany aho.

¹⁵David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”

¹⁶Ary nony nentiny nidina izy, indreo, miely eran'ny tany izy ka homana sy misotro ary milanona noho ny haben'ny babo rehetra izay azony tamin'ny tanin'ny Filistina sy ny tanin'ny Joda.

¹⁶When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁷Ary Davida namely azy tamin'iny takariva iny ka hatramin'ny ampitso hariva; ary tsy nisy olona afaka, afa-tsy zatovo efa-jato lahy izay nitaingina rameva ka nandositra.

¹⁷David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.

¹⁸Dia rarak'i Davida izay rehetra efa nobaboin'ny Amalekita; ary dia azon'i Davida koa ny vadiny roa.

¹⁸David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁹Ary tsy nisy zavatra tsy azony, na kely na be, na zazalahy na zazavavy, na inona na inona tamin'izay nobaboin'ireny; izany rehetra izany dia azon'i Davida avokoa.

¹⁹There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.

²⁰Ary Davida naka ny ondry aman'osy sy ny omby rehetra; ary nentiny nialoha ny omby hafa ireo, sady nisy niantso hoe: Itony no babon'i Davida.

²⁰David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

²¹Ary Davida tonga teo amin'ny roan-jato lahy, izay reraka ka tsy afaka nanaraka azy, fa najanony teo amin'ny renirano Besora; ary dia nandeha ireo hitsena an'i Davida sy ny olona nanaraka azy; ary nony tonga teo akaikin'ny olona Davida, dia nanontany izay toeny.

²¹David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.

²²Dia niteny ny olona sompatra sy tena ratsy fanahy rehetra avy nanaraka an'i Davida ka nanao hoe: Satria tsy mba niaraka tamintsika ireo, dia tsy hanomezantsika azy ny babo izay azontsika, afa-tsy ny vadiny aman-janany isany avy; fa ireo no aoka ho entiny, dia handeha izy.

²²Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”

²³Fa hoy Davida: Aza manao izany amin'izay nomen'i Jehovah antsika, ry rahalahy; fa niaro antsika Izy, ary natolony teo an-tanantsika ny jirika izay tonga namely antsika.

²³Then David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

²⁴Koa iza no hanaiky anareo amin'izany? Fa tahaka ny anjaran'izay nidina hiady ihany no ho anjaran'izay nitoetra tamin'ny entana: hiara-misalahy izy.

²⁴Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.”

²⁵Dia izany no fanao hatramin'izany andro izany, ka dia natao didy sy lalàna tamin'ny Isiraely izany ambaraka androany.

²⁵It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

²⁶Ary raha tonga tao Ziklaga Davida, dia mba nanaterany ho an'ny loholon'ny Joda sakaizany ny babo ka nataony hoe: Inty izay saotra ho anareo avy amin'ny babo azo tamin'ny fahavalon'i Jehovah,

²⁶When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh.”

²⁷dia ho an'izay ao Betela sy izay any Ramata amin'ny tany atsimo sy ho an'izay ao Jatira

²⁷He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,

²⁸sy ho an'izay ao Aroera sy ho an'izay ao Sifmota sy ho an'izay ao Estemoa

²⁸and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

²⁹sy ho an'izay ao Rakala sy ho an'izay any an-tanànan'ny Jeramelita sy ho an'izay any an-tanànan'ny Kenita

²⁹and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

³⁰sy ho an'izay ao Horma sy ho an'izay ao Korasana sy ho an'izay ao Atakasy ho an'izay ao Hebrona ary ho an'izay any amin'ny tany rehetra nandehandehanan'i Davida sy ny olony.

³⁰and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach,

³¹sy ho an'izay ao Hebrona ary ho an'izay any amin'ny tany rehetra nandehandehanan'i Davida sy ny olony.

³¹and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.